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|names=Dark Guerrera<br>'''Elix Skipper'''<br>Extreme Blade<br>Skip Over<'''"Primetime"''' Elix Skipper |
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|names=mad man mason |
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|height=6 ft 2 in (178 cm) |
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|weight=218 lb (103 kg) |
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|birth_date ={{birth date and age|1977|12|15}} |
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|birth_place =[[Long Island]], [[New York]] |
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|resides=[[Atlanta, Georgia]] |
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|billed=[[Atlanta, Georgia]] |
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|trainer=[[Pez Whatley]]<br>[[WCW Power Plant]] |
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|trainer= dave bautista better known as the animal batista |
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|debut=[[1999]] |
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'''Elix Skipper''' (born [[December 15]], [[1977]] in [[Long Island]], [[New York]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with [[World Championship Wrestling]] and [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] throughout the 2000s, under the ring name of '''"Primetime" Elix Skipper"'''. |
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mason is a prime time pro wrestler and an I.W.N.(independent wrestling network)wrestler. |
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he has had 2 injuries sence his debut. one was a broke ancle. another was from a broke nose. |
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He recently rejoined [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] to reform the '''[[Triple X (professional wrestling)|Triple X]]''' [[stable (professional wrestling)|stable]] along with "The Fallen Angel" [[Christopher Daniels]] and "The Warrior" [[Brandon Silvestry|Senshi]]. |
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he claims he has friends named hunter, jacob, chase, zach, and dylan. these people compete in wrestling matches out side the ring as well. |
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==Professional wrestling career== |
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his brothe [[adam copeland]] "edge" has gave his the most encouragement and did [[dave bautista]]'batista'. over the years he has captured belts as the iwn championship the iwn tag team champions with his partner as the south side trash. |
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Before becoming a wrestler, Skipper participated in [[gymnastics]], [[kickboxing]], [[martial arts]] and [[weightlifting]]. Upon deciding to become a wrestler, he resigned from his job as a BINDRA Shoes supervisor in [[Model Town]], Ambala City and travelled to [[Atlanta, Georgia]] to audition at the [[WCW Power Plant]], the [[professional wrestling school]] operated by [[World Championship Wrestling]].<ref name="Skipper 3">{{cite web |
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| url = http://www.tnawrestling.com/columns/interviews/full2.php?interview=84 |
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| title = Exclusive Interview with Primetime Elix Skipper |
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| accessmonthday = 22 February |
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| accessyear = 2007 |
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| author = [[Tim Welch|Welch, T.]] |
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| date = 2004-2-27 |
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| publisher = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] |
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===World Championship Wrestling (2000-2001)=== |
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Upon being accepted by the Power Plant, Skipper began his training, debuting in 1999 at an [[independent circuit|independent]] show. After training for eight months, Skipper made his television debut on an episode of ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]''. Seven months later, Skipper began wrestling on ''[[WCW Thunder]]'' and the WCW flagship program, ''[[WCW Monday Nitro]]'' under the [[ring name]] '''Skip Over''', facing members of the [[Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)|cruiserweight]] division and fellow Power Plant graduates. |
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In August 2000 Skipper began performing under his real name, adopting the nickname "Primetime" and the catchphrases and mannerisms of athlete [[Deion Sanders]]. After interfering on behalf of [[Lance Storm]] in a bout between Storm and [[Mike Awesome]] on the [[August 14]], [[2000]] episode of ''WCW Monday Nitro'', Skipper was inducted into Storm's newly formed '''[[Team Canada (WCW)|Team Canada]]''' [[Stable (professional wrestling)|faction]], with Storm giving him the [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship|100 Kilos and Under Championship]] (the renamed WCW Cruiserweight Championship). Despite his American nationality and his self-professed lack of knowledge about Canada, Skipper was billed as being a Canadian. He was also billed as a former [[Canadian Football League]] player, and wore a [[Grey Cup]] CFL Championship ring to the ring. Skipper retained the 100 Kilos and Under Championship until [[October 2]], [[2000]], when [[Mike Sanders]] defeated him for the title and subsequently renamed it the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. Throughout late 2000, Team Canada feuded with the [[Misfits In Action]] and [[Filthy Animals]] stables.<ref name="Skipper 1">{{cite web |
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| title = Primetime has reached the big time |
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| publisher = [[Canoe.ca]] |
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In early 2001, Skipper left Team Canada and began competing principally in the cruiserweight division. Throughout February and March 2001, Skipper teamed with [[Sam Loman|Kid Romeo]] in an eight-team tournament to determine the first holders of the newly created [[WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship]]. Skipper and Romeo won the tournament by defeating [[Peter Gruner|Billy Kidman]] and [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]] in the tournament finals on March 18, 2001 at [[WCW Greed|Greed]], the final WCW [[pay-per-view]] event. On the March 26, 2001 episode of ''WCW Monday Nitro'', Skipper and Romeo lost the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship to Kidman and Mysterio. |
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In late March 2001, World Championship Wrestling was purchased by the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]], with a number of wrestlers, including Skipper, signed to developmental contracts. |
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===World Wrestling Federation (2001)=== |
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Elix Skipper made his debut early into the [[The Invasion (professional wrestling)|Invasion]] as a member of the [[The Alliance (wrestling)|The Alliance]]. The WWF later assigned Skipper to the Heartland Wrestling Association, a WWF developmental territory. He trained in the HWA for nine months before being released in December 2001.<ref name="Skipper 1">{{cite web |
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| url = http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/03/10/956560.html |
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| title = Primetime has reached the big time |
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| author = Lacroix, C. |
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| publisher = [[Canoe.ca]] |
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===All Japan Pro Wrestling (2002)=== |
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Upon being released from the WWF, Skipper contacted [[Keiji Mutoh|The Great Muta]], a veteran [[Japan]]ese wrestler who had previously invited Skipper to wrestle in Japan. Skipper subsequently travelled to Japan, wrestling under his real name, as '''Dark Guerrera''' and as the [[wrestling mask|masked]] '''Extreme Blade''' for the [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]] promotion.<ref name="Skipper 1">{{cite web |
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| url = http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/03/10/956560.html |
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| title = Primetime has reached the big time |
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| accessmonthday = 22 February |
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| author = Lacroix, C. |
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===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002-2008)=== |
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Skipper joined [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] upon its formation in May 2002, debuting under his real name on the third weekly TNA pay-per-view. Skipper competed in the [[X Division]] throughout 2002, at the same time continuing to wrestle in Japan. On the [[December 18]], [[2002]] TNA pay-per-view, Skipper formed a three-man tag team known as '''[[Triple X (professional wrestling)|Triple X]]''' with [[Brandon Silvestry|Low-Ki]] and [[Christopher Daniels]]. On the same evening, Triple X joined [[Sports Entertainment Xtreme]], a large [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] faction headed by [[Vince Russo]]. |
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Throughout the first half of 2003, Triple X feuded with [[America's Most Wanted (professional wrestling)|America's Most Wanted]] ([[Chris Harris (wrestler)|Chris Harris]] and [[James Storm]]), winning the [[NWA World Tag Team Championship]] on three occasions. In the course of their reigns, all three members of Triple X were recognised as champions and any two members of the team were eligible to defend the titles, similar to the [[Fabulous Freebirds]]. Triple X disbanded in mid-2003 when Low-Ki left TNA to wrestle in Japan, and on June 25, 2003, America's Most Wanted defeated Skipper and Daniels in the first TNA [[List of professional wrestling match types#Cages|steel cage match]] to conclude their feud. |
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Skipper left TNA in July 2003 as a result of a pay dispute, and performed in Japan until December 2003, when TNA offered him a new, more lucrative contract. Upon returning to TNA, Skipper took part in the [[TNA 2004 America's/World X-Cup Tournament|America's X Cup Tournament]] and the [[TNA 2004 America's/World X-Cup Tournament|World X Cup Tournament]] as a member of [[Team USA]]. Team USA won the World X Cup but were defeated in the finals of the America's X Cup by [[Team Mexico]].<ref name="Skipper 2">{{cite web |
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| title = Interview with "Prime Time" Elix Skipper |
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| author = Wojcik, A. |
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In July 2004, Skipper and Daniels reformed Triple X and began feuding with America's Most Wanted once more. In the course of the feud, Skipper and Chris Harris were paired together against NWA World Tag Team Champions [[The Naturals]] after their respective partners became unavailable. Despite struggling to cooperate with one another, Skipper and Harris defeated The Naturals. They held the titles for several weeks before losing them to Daniels and James Storm. After Daniels and Storm lost the titles to [[Team Canada (TNA)|Team Canada]], the feud between Triple X and America's Most Wanted resumed. America's Most Wanted went on to defeat Triple X in a last team standing match on November 7, 2004 at [[Victory Road (2004)|Victory Road 2004]], with Skipper suffering a [[concussion]] in the course of the match. The feud culminated in a steel cage match on December 5, 2004 at [[Turning Point (2004)|Turning Point 2004]], with the stipulation that the losing team be forced to disband. America's Most Wanted won the match, in the course of which Skipper delivered a [[Professional wrestling throws#Frankensteiner|frankensteiner]] to Harris from the top of the cage.<ref name="Skipper 2">{{cite web |
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After separating, Skipper and Daniels began feuding with one another, with Skipper unsuccessfully challenging Daniels for the [[TNA X Division Championship]] at [[Lockdown (2005)|Lockdown 2005]] on April 24, 2005. Skipper went on to compete in the X Division until joining [[Pat Kenney|Simon Diamond's]] '''[[Diamonds in the Rough]]''' faction in August 2005, forming a tag team with [[David Young (wrestler)|David Young]]. The Diamonds in the Rough competed in the tag team division throughout 2005. In December 2005, the Diamonds in the Rough exchanged heated words with [[Major League Baseball]] [[catcher]] [[A.J. Pierzynski]]. Pierzynski gained his revenge on the Diamonds in the Rough by costing them a six man tag team match at [[TNA Turning Point#2005|TNA Turning Point 2005]] on December 11, 2005. |
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The Diamonds in the Rough competed in the TNA tag team division throughout 2006, but received few high profile matches. In February 2007, both Skipper and Young left TNA after requesting their releases.<ref name="Skipper 4">{{cite web |
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| title = Exclusive Interview With "PrimeTime" Elix Skipper |
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On July 15, 2007 at [[TNA Victory Road#2007|Victory Road]], Skipper returned to TNA, looking noticeably smaller, competing in an [[Ultimate X match]] and reforming Triple X with Daniels and Low-Ki (now named Senshi).On July 19 ''[[TNA Impact|iMPACT!]]'' Triple X won its return match against [[Raven's Nest#Serotonin|Serotonin]]. On the following ''iMPACT!'' Daniels and Senshi won a match against [[Jay Lethal]] and [[Sonjay Dutt]] with some outside interference from Skipper. After the match Triple X had a small altercation with the [[Motor City Machineguns]] who had been watching the match from ringside. |
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Triple X would go on to lose to [[Latin American Exchange|The Latin American Exchange]] during [[TNA Bound For Glory#2007|Bound For Glory]] in an Ultimate X Match, where Skipper jumped from the top of the structure onto [[Shawn Hernandez|Hernandez]]. |
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==In wrestling== |
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*'''Finishing and signature moves''' |
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:*'''''Play of the Day''''' ([[Neckbreaker#Overdrive|Overdrive]]) |
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:*'''''Instant Replay''''' ([[Professional wrestling throws#Spinebuster|One-armed thrust spinebuster]]) |
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:*'''''Sudden Death''''' ([[Piledriver (professional wrestling)#Kryptonite Krunch|Over the shoulder belly to back piledriver]]) |
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:*''New School'' ([[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Frankensteiner|Rope walk frankensteiner]]) - [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]] |
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:*''Primetime Lock'' ([[Professional wrestling holds#Octopus hold|Modified octopus stretch]]) |
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:*[[Sleeper Slam|Bringing The House Down|Sleeper Slam)]] |
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:*[[Moonsault#Double jump moonsault|Double springboard moonsault]] |
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:*[[Suplex#Double underhook suplex|Double underhook suplex]] |
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:*[[Suplex#Full nelson suplex|Dragon suplex]] |
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:*[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Somersault corkscrew leg drop|Headstand corkscrew leg drop]] |
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:*[[Professional wrestling holds#The Matrix|Matrix evasion]] |
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:*[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Diving leg drop|Diving leg drop]] |
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:*[[Professional wrestling attacks#Spinning heel kick|Spinning Heel Kick]] |
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:*[[Dropkick#Missile dropkick|Missile dropkick]] |
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:*[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Slingshot|Slingshot]] [[Professional wrestling attacks#Lariat|somersault lariat]] |
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*'''[[Manager (professional wrestling)|Managers]]''' |
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:*[[Shannon Spruill|Daffney]] |
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:*[[Pat Kenney|Simon Diamond]] |
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:*[[Robert Fuller]] |
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:*[[Tylene Buck|Major Gunns]] |
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*'''Nicknames''' |
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:*'''Primetime''' |
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==Championships and accomplishments== |
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*'''All Access Wrestling''' |
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:*AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)(final champion) |
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*'''Elite Championship Wrestling''' |
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:*ECW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) |
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*'''Georgia / Great Championship Wrestling''' |
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:*GCW National Television Championship (1 time) |
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:*GCW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) |
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:*GCW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with John Bogie (1) and [[David Young (wrestler)|David Young]] (1) |
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*'''Nationwide Championship Wrestling''' |
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:*NCW National Championship (1 time) |
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*'''[[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA Shockwave]]''' |
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:*NWA Shockwave Cruiser X Championship (1 time) |
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*'''NWA Wrestle Birmingham''' |
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:*NWA Alabama Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with [[Sonny Siaki]] (1), and David Young (1) |
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*'''Southern California Wrestling Association''' |
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:*SCWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) |
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*'''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]''' |
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:*[[NWA World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of NWA World Tag Team Champions|4 times]]) – with [[Brandon Silvestry|Low-Ki]] and [[Christopher Daniels]] as [[Triple X (professional wrestling)|Triple X]] (3), with [[Chris Harris (wrestler)|"Wildcat" Chris Harris]] (1) |
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:*[[TNA 2004 World X Cup Tournament#World X Cup Results|TNA World Cup X]] winner in 2004 - with [[Chris Sabin]], Christopher Daniels, and [[Jerry Lynn]] as [[Team USA]] |
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*'''USA Xtreme Wrestling''' |
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:*uXw X-treme Championship (1 time) |
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*'''[[World Championship Wrestling]]''' |
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:*[[WWE Cruiserweight Championship|WCW Cruiserweight Championship]] ([[List of WWE Cruiserweight Champions|1 time]]) |
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:*[[WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship]] ([[WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship#Title History|1 time]]) - with [[Sam Loman|Kid Romeo]] '''(First)''' |
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==Personal life== |
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Skipper is married with children.<ref name="Skipper 3">{{cite web. He also popularized the move "Overdrive" when he was WCW |
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| title = Exclusive Interview with Primetime Elix Skipper |
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| author = [[Tim Welch|Welch, T.]] |
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| date = 2004-2-27 |
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| publisher = [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] |
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}}</ref><ref name="Skipper 2">{{cite web |
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==Notes== |
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* [http://bodyslamming.com/nwa/skipper.html Elix Skipper at Bodyslamming.com] |
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* [http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ Solie's title histories] |
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==External links== |
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{{wikiquote}} |
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{{Portal|Professional wrestling|break=yes}} |
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* [http://www.primetimeelixskipper.com Official Website] |
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* [http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling3/johnnymik/Skipper Primetime Elix Skipper Interview with Insane Wrestling] |
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* [http://www.tnawrestling.com/content/view/265/37/ TNA Profile] |
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{{TNA roster}} |
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[[Category:1977 births]] |
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Revision as of 01:06, 3 June 2008
Elix Skipper | |
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Born | Long Island, New York | December 15, 1977
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Dark Guerrera Elix Skipper Extreme Blade Skip Over<"Primetime" Elix Skipper |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (178 cm) |
Billed weight | 218 lb (103 kg) |
Billed from | Atlanta, Georgia |
Trained by | Pez Whatley WCW Power Plant |
Debut | 1999 |
Elix Skipper (born December 15, 1977 in Long Island, New York) is an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling throughout the 2000s, under the ring name of "Primetime" Elix Skipper".
He recently rejoined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling to reform the Triple X stable along with "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels and "The Warrior" Senshi.
Professional wrestling career
Before becoming a wrestler, Skipper participated in gymnastics, kickboxing, martial arts and weightlifting. Upon deciding to become a wrestler, he resigned from his job as a BINDRA Shoes supervisor in Model Town, Ambala City and travelled to Atlanta, Georgia to audition at the WCW Power Plant, the professional wrestling school operated by World Championship Wrestling.[1]
World Championship Wrestling (2000-2001)
Upon being accepted by the Power Plant, Skipper began his training, debuting in 1999 at an independent show. After training for eight months, Skipper made his television debut on an episode of WCW Saturday Night. Seven months later, Skipper began wrestling on WCW Thunder and the WCW flagship program, WCW Monday Nitro under the ring name Skip Over, facing members of the cruiserweight division and fellow Power Plant graduates.
In August 2000 Skipper began performing under his real name, adopting the nickname "Primetime" and the catchphrases and mannerisms of athlete Deion Sanders. After interfering on behalf of Lance Storm in a bout between Storm and Mike Awesome on the August 14, 2000 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, Skipper was inducted into Storm's newly formed Team Canada faction, with Storm giving him the 100 Kilos and Under Championship (the renamed WCW Cruiserweight Championship). Despite his American nationality and his self-professed lack of knowledge about Canada, Skipper was billed as being a Canadian. He was also billed as a former Canadian Football League player, and wore a Grey Cup CFL Championship ring to the ring. Skipper retained the 100 Kilos and Under Championship until October 2, 2000, when Mike Sanders defeated him for the title and subsequently renamed it the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. Throughout late 2000, Team Canada feuded with the Misfits In Action and Filthy Animals stables.[2]
In early 2001, Skipper left Team Canada and began competing principally in the cruiserweight division. Throughout February and March 2001, Skipper teamed with Kid Romeo in an eight-team tournament to determine the first holders of the newly created WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship. Skipper and Romeo won the tournament by defeating Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio, Jr. in the tournament finals on March 18, 2001 at Greed, the final WCW pay-per-view event. On the March 26, 2001 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, Skipper and Romeo lost the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship to Kidman and Mysterio.
In late March 2001, World Championship Wrestling was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation, with a number of wrestlers, including Skipper, signed to developmental contracts.
World Wrestling Federation (2001)
Elix Skipper made his debut early into the Invasion as a member of the The Alliance. The WWF later assigned Skipper to the Heartland Wrestling Association, a WWF developmental territory. He trained in the HWA for nine months before being released in December 2001.[2]
All Japan Pro Wrestling (2002)
Upon being released from the WWF, Skipper contacted The Great Muta, a veteran Japanese wrestler who had previously invited Skipper to wrestle in Japan. Skipper subsequently travelled to Japan, wrestling under his real name, as Dark Guerrera and as the masked Extreme Blade for the All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion.[2]
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2002-2008)
Skipper joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling upon its formation in May 2002, debuting under his real name on the third weekly TNA pay-per-view. Skipper competed in the X Division throughout 2002, at the same time continuing to wrestle in Japan. On the December 18, 2002 TNA pay-per-view, Skipper formed a three-man tag team known as Triple X with Low-Ki and Christopher Daniels. On the same evening, Triple X joined Sports Entertainment Xtreme, a large heel faction headed by Vince Russo.
Throughout the first half of 2003, Triple X feuded with America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm), winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship on three occasions. In the course of their reigns, all three members of Triple X were recognised as champions and any two members of the team were eligible to defend the titles, similar to the Fabulous Freebirds. Triple X disbanded in mid-2003 when Low-Ki left TNA to wrestle in Japan, and on June 25, 2003, America's Most Wanted defeated Skipper and Daniels in the first TNA steel cage match to conclude their feud.
Skipper left TNA in July 2003 as a result of a pay dispute, and performed in Japan until December 2003, when TNA offered him a new, more lucrative contract. Upon returning to TNA, Skipper took part in the America's X Cup Tournament and the World X Cup Tournament as a member of Team USA. Team USA won the World X Cup but were defeated in the finals of the America's X Cup by Team Mexico.[3]
In July 2004, Skipper and Daniels reformed Triple X and began feuding with America's Most Wanted once more. In the course of the feud, Skipper and Chris Harris were paired together against NWA World Tag Team Champions The Naturals after their respective partners became unavailable. Despite struggling to cooperate with one another, Skipper and Harris defeated The Naturals. They held the titles for several weeks before losing them to Daniels and James Storm. After Daniels and Storm lost the titles to Team Canada, the feud between Triple X and America's Most Wanted resumed. America's Most Wanted went on to defeat Triple X in a last team standing match on November 7, 2004 at Victory Road 2004, with Skipper suffering a concussion in the course of the match. The feud culminated in a steel cage match on December 5, 2004 at Turning Point 2004, with the stipulation that the losing team be forced to disband. America's Most Wanted won the match, in the course of which Skipper delivered a frankensteiner to Harris from the top of the cage.[3]
After separating, Skipper and Daniels began feuding with one another, with Skipper unsuccessfully challenging Daniels for the TNA X Division Championship at Lockdown 2005 on April 24, 2005. Skipper went on to compete in the X Division until joining Simon Diamond's Diamonds in the Rough faction in August 2005, forming a tag team with David Young. The Diamonds in the Rough competed in the tag team division throughout 2005. In December 2005, the Diamonds in the Rough exchanged heated words with Major League Baseball catcher A.J. Pierzynski. Pierzynski gained his revenge on the Diamonds in the Rough by costing them a six man tag team match at TNA Turning Point 2005 on December 11, 2005.
The Diamonds in the Rough competed in the TNA tag team division throughout 2006, but received few high profile matches. In February 2007, both Skipper and Young left TNA after requesting their releases.[4]
On July 15, 2007 at Victory Road, Skipper returned to TNA, looking noticeably smaller, competing in an Ultimate X match and reforming Triple X with Daniels and Low-Ki (now named Senshi).On July 19 iMPACT! Triple X won its return match against Serotonin. On the following iMPACT! Daniels and Senshi won a match against Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt with some outside interference from Skipper. After the match Triple X had a small altercation with the Motor City Machineguns who had been watching the match from ringside.
Triple X would go on to lose to The Latin American Exchange during Bound For Glory in an Ultimate X Match, where Skipper jumped from the top of the structure onto Hernandez.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Play of the Day (Overdrive)
- Instant Replay (One-armed thrust spinebuster)
- Sudden Death (Over the shoulder belly to back piledriver)
- New School (Rope walk frankensteiner) - TNA
- Primetime Lock (Modified octopus stretch)
- Bringing The House Down|Sleeper Slam)
- Double springboard moonsault
- Double underhook suplex
- Dragon suplex
- Headstand corkscrew leg drop
- Matrix evasion
- Diving leg drop
- Spinning Heel Kick
- Missile dropkick
- Slingshot somersault lariat
- Nicknames
- Primetime
Championships and accomplishments
- All Access Wrestling
- AAW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)(final champion)
- Elite Championship Wrestling
- ECW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Georgia / Great Championship Wrestling
- GCW National Television Championship (1 time)
- GCW United States Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- GCW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with John Bogie (1) and David Young (1)
- Nationwide Championship Wrestling
- NCW National Championship (1 time)
- NWA Shockwave Cruiser X Championship (1 time)
- NWA Wrestle Birmingham
- NWA Alabama Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Sonny Siaki (1), and David Young (1)
- Southern California Wrestling Association
- SCWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Low-Ki and Christopher Daniels as Triple X (3), with "Wildcat" Chris Harris (1)
- TNA World Cup X winner in 2004 - with Chris Sabin, Christopher Daniels, and Jerry Lynn as Team USA
- USA Xtreme Wrestling
- uXw X-treme Championship (1 time)
- WCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kid Romeo (First)
Personal life
Skipper is married with children.[1][3]
Notes
- ^ a b Welch, T. (2004-2-27). "Exclusive Interview with Primetime Elix Skipper". Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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